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News
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WWDC - All the things
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iOS 16
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Lock-screen personalization
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Clock fonts and colors
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Widgets
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Change screens based on Focus
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Unlock your iPhone in Landscape with FaceID
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Seems currently limited to iPhone 13 models only.
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Notifications at the bottom of the display
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Live Notifications and API for “updated” notifications
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Weather alerts, sports scores, ride-sharing updates
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Messages
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Edit or undo send (up to 15 minutes)
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Recover recently deleted messages for up to 30 days after deletion
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Mark message thread as unread
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Start SharePlay from within Messages
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Dictation updates
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Keyboard remains up and open while dictating
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Automatically adds punctuation and emojis to messages,
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Live Text for video
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Also “quick actions” like currency conversion or translation
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New AI technologies around photos and visual lookup
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You can “lift” a subject from images (auto clipping) and copy and paste them
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Apple Pay Later
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Allows you to make four equal installments and have six weeks to pay with zero interest or fees.
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Goldman Sachs still is in the mix serving as the bank that issues the Mastercard payment credential used to complete ‌Apple Pay‌ Later purchases, since Apple does not have a bank charter
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Apple has launched a subsidiary, Apple Financing LLC, to handle credit checks and make decisions on loans for the service.
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Also get order tracking in Wallet for Apple Pay purchases (if supported by the merchant)
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Shopify is the first to support it
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Apple Maps
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Multistop routing, FINALLY. Up to 15 stops to journeys
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Stops can be added via Siri
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Fare pricing for Transit directions
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Contacts
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Will now support the finding and merging of duplicate contact records just like on the Mac
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MySports will let you set-up and track your favorite sports teams
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U.S., UK, Canada, and Australia
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Photos
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Family Sharing updates
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A shared iCloud Photo Library, finally
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Shared with up to six people and is a separate library from your main Library
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Can control based on dates and people included in the photos
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Control in the Camera app to send photos directly to shared family album
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intelligent suggestions to share a photo that includes participants in the Shared Photo Library
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Every user in the Shared Photo Library has access to add, delete, edit, or favorite the shared photos or videos
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Can now lock hidden and recently deleted albums so they require FaceID / TouchID to access
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Music
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Music app is finally getting Playlist sorting options
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Sort by title, artist, album, or release date
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You can also reverse the sort of the original playlist
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New “Quick Set-up” for setting up new kids devices with parental controls
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System can also make “default” recommendations based on age
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Home app has been redesigned and Apple will be adding support for Matter, a new cross device standard built with HomeKit’s privacy and security standards in mind
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“Category” tabs to quickly access controls for similar devices
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“Only Apple TV and HomePod are supported as home hubs.” So no more iPads as Home hubs.
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Use the TrueDepth camera on ‌iPhone‌ to create a more precise listening experience with AirPods and Spatial Audio
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New CarPlay
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With support for secondary screens
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Apple also working with car makers to allow CarPlay to control and access the manufacturers in built-in systems, like climate controls, gauges, etc.
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Can have “themes” for colors, styles, etc.
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Basically you can have CarPlay take over your entire cars systems
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Apple said the first vehicles to support the new CarPlay experience will be announced in late 2023
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Not clear if current vehicle systems will be able to be updated to support the new CarPlay features, but seems unlikely to me.
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Will have a stand alone Fitness app that you can use without an Apple Watch
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Will use the iPhone sensors to track steps, distance, flights climbed, and workouts from third-party apps
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Will also estimate active calories for putting toward your Move goal.
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In the Wi-fi settings you’ll now be able to tap the password and reveal, after authentication, the password of the network you are connected to.
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9to5Mac has discovered multiple references to “always-on” displays in iOS 16
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Seems to support recent rumors that the iPhone 14 Pros will feature variable refresh rates down to 1Hztrdsf
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iOS 16 will require an iPhone 8 or newer or an iPhone SE (gen 2) or newer
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watchOS 9
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Watch Faces can be styled like in iOS 16
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four new faces: Lunar, Playtime, Metropolitan, and Astronomy;
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Classic faces have been updated for the enhanced depth effects
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More metrics in the workout app
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Heart Rate Zones for monitoring workout intensity
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Custom workouts to add and set work and rest intervals
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New alerts for pace, power, heart rate, cadence, and more
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Runners can track stride length, ground contact time, and vertical oscillation.
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Can compete against yourself if you use the same routes
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kickboard detection for swimming workouts
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New sleep metrics to track sleep stages like REM, Core, or Deep sleep
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AFib History, which has been FDA approved, estimates how frequently a user's heart rhythm shows signs of AFib
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In Health you can now track medications, vitamins, and supplements
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Will warn of interactions
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Can schedule medication reminders
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Supports Apple Watch Series 4 or later
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M2 and new MacBooks
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New M2 has the same number of CPU cores, 8, but with a larger cache and so Apple says it’s up to 18 percent faster
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It also is larger with 20 billion transistors, a 25 percent increase from M1
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Anandtech says the key difference in performance is more powerful efficiency cores
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Has two more GPU cores, 10, for up to 35 percent better graphics performance
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Supports up to 24GB of unified memory and memory bandwidth increased up 50% to 100GB/s
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It has a Neural Engine that runs 40 percent faster
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The video encoders have also been updated with a new high bandwidth video decoder supporting 8K encoding and decoding. Apple says the M2 will support multiple 4K and 8K streams at once
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An improved image signal processor (ISP) which should improve webcam quality
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Still built using the same 5nm process as the M1
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Still 18 hours of battery for video playback
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Can still only drive two displays. On a MacBook that means the internal display and one external display with up to a 6K resolution
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New MacBook Air
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Incredible new design that is no longer tapered. Matches the newer MacBook Pros
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Just 11.3 mm thick and 2.7 pounds
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Reduced bezels, which houses a larger 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display with 500 nits brightness (25% brighter). There is a notch for the upgraded 1080p FaceTime camera
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New four speaker system with support for Spatial Audio for Dolby Atmos. The three mic array
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Has a MagSafe connector, two Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4 ports, and a headphone jack with high impedance headphone support.
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Comes in silver, space grey, and new starlight, and midnight (black) colors
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Hands on reviews note that “midnight” matches the “midnight” of the Apple Watch which has a slight blue cast. Also seems to attract fingerprints
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Supports fast charging with an optional 67W charging brick.
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There is also a 35W dual USB-C port charger that comes in a “compact” and “standard” form factor
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The “compact” version is what’s included with the higher end MacBook Air configuration
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Priced starting at USD $1,199.00 which is $200 more then the M1 MacBook Air
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The M1 MacBook Air is still being sold at USD $999
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Available next month
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The 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro also got an M2 upgrade, but that’s it
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Still starts at USD $1299.00. Though can get memory up to 24GB
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Everything else remains the same, including the TouchBar
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Seems like a really bad deal vs the new MacBook Air if you spec them the same
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Air has, larger screen, MagSafe, full height function keys, better webcam. Only possible advantage on the MacBook Pro is active cooling and slightly more battery life.
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macOS 13 - Ventura
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New Finder window manager called Stage Manager
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Brings your working window and app into the foreground and other groups of apps and windows are pushed to the side
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You can click between apps and windows
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Continuity Camera will let you use your iPhone as your web camera
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Supports Center Stage and portrait modes
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There’s also a “Desk view” that uses the Wide Angle lens to show your physical desktop
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It will support 3rd party video conferencing apps
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Belkin is already working with Apple to create stands
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FaceTime calls now support Handoff
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Spotlight features are expanded
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Will index your Photos and LiveText
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You can QuickLook within spotlight
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Run Shortcuts from Spotlight
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Safari now has the ability to create tab sets that can be shared with others
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Will also be getting support for FIDO-compliant security keys. Apple calls their support PassKeys which are cryptographically generated keys that sync between devices using iCloud Keychain
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Sites that support FIDO will allow you to use TouchID or FaceID to login with the PassKeys instead of requiring a password
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Messages gets the same updates as on iOS
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Though Intel Macs won’t have emoji support in dictation
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Mail will support undo send, you get 10 seconds
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You can schedule email sends
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Also flag and email to be reminded to follow-up
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Photos will support the new Family Shared Photo library
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And there’s a new find duplicate photos feature that will group possible duplicates so you can review and “merge” them
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Merging maintains information like favorites, keywords, and captions, and the highest quality image or video is kept.
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Can now also “copy” and “paste” the edits from one photo to another and you can undo or redo edits one step at a time
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Metal 3 was announced for graphics and gaming
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The Weather and Clock apps will be available on the Mac
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System Preferences have been redesigned, more closely match iOS, and have been renamed System Settings.
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macOS Ventura will be supported by:
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iMac (2017 and later)
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iMac Pro (2017 and later)
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MacBook (2017 and later)
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MacBook Air (2018 and later)
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MacBook Pro (2017 and later)
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Mac mini (2018 and later)
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Mac Pro (2019 and later)
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Mac Studio (2022)
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iPad OS 16
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New window and multitasking interface with Stage Manager
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You can now resize and overlap windows
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Will require an M1 iPad
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Additional “Desktop” app features
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Find and replace
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Reference color modes
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Display scaling to change the pixel density for apps running in Split View, so you can see more
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Weather app on the iPad
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Document sharing
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Will be able to share documents from Pages, Keynote, Numbers, Safari etc as a link.
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The document is not copied, but actively shared and sync’d via iCloud
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They also gave a preview of a new “Free Form” white-boarding app that can be used during a FaceTime call
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Let you share an annotate images, notes, scribbles, documents, web links, PDFs, and more
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Supports Apple Pencil
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Notes will have the ability to straighten your handwriting
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Apple’s AR / VR headset
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One thing some thought we would see, but didn’t
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A report in the New York Times claims that’s because Apple has had performance and thermal issues that have lead to delays
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You might remember that Apple reportedly hired an engineer from Dolby Technologies Mike Rockwell to lead the project but he supposedly walked into a mess with an underpowered processor and battery life issues.
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We know that Apple is pushing for a headset design that is and lightweight and comfortable as possible
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Described recently in some reports as looking like a pair of ski goggles
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There’s belief that the project is getting close to completion and we discussed reports that Apple has allegedly given demos of the project to their board of directors
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Reports that Apple might be looking to some of the Hollywood talent they’ve been working with on Apple TV+ projects to drive new and innovative content for their headset
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One name thrown out in rumors is Jon Favreau who executive produced on the Apple TV+ series Prehistoric Planet
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A report claimed he’s “working to bring that show’s dinosaurs to life on the headset”
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The same NYT reports said that Apple is also working on software tools that would allow developers to work with the camera and voice systems in the headset to allow for hands free navigational experiences.
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Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that Apple was possibly hoping to have the headset ready for a public release in the first quarter of 2023, but now feels that has likely been delayed until at least Q2 of 2023
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He believes we could see Apple entering into engineering validation testing in the next three months and, depending on the results, making an announcement with developer units being available in early 2023
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14-inch M2 iPad Pro Rumored
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There’s rumors floating around Apple is developing a 14.1-inch mini-LED ProMotion display iPad
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The first one came from a tweet from the account Majin Bu which has had recent success predicting iPad OS 16 rumors
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Then reliable display analyst Ross Young also claimed his sources say such an iPad is in development and will likely be announced in early 2023
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The Majin Bu account also said that there would be M2 versions of a new 11-inch model with no major changes, and a new 12.9 model with reduced bezels.
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The two rumors differ on the timing with Bu hinting the release could come sooner at a Fall event, which is also what Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman thinks the timing will be. Gruman was actually the first to postulate that Apple was planning a larger 14-inch iPad Pro.
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Bloomberg is also reporting that Apple is planning a 15-inch MacBook Air for 2023 along with a new 12-inch laptop and upgrades to the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
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They called the 15-inch model a “wider version of the 13.6-inch MacBook Air”
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They also say, “Apple has also begun work on a new 12-inch laptop and is considering launching it at the end of 2023 or in early 2024.”
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twitter leaker Majin Bu claims the 12-inch model will be a small version of the Pro with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips
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The 14 and 16-inch upgrades would be the updated M2 Pro and M2 Max versions are are not expected to have any radical design changes. The processors could use TSMCs updated 3nm manufacturing process though.
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The chips could include 12 main processing cores and up to 38 graphics cores, up from a maximum of 10 processing cores and 32 graphics cores in the current models
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Apple TV+ gets ‘Blitz’
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Apple has picked up a new film called “Blitz” from Academy award winning director Steve McQueen according to Deadline
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McQueen won the Academy award for best picture for his film “12 Years a Slave” in 2014
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His project for Apple TV+ will be a war drama focused on "the stories of Londoners during the Blitz of World War II,"
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The project is currently in pre-production so no word on when we can expect to see it on Apple TV+
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It also looks like after five months Apple TV+ has landed the rights to a new Formula 1 racing film starring Brad Pitt, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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The untitled film is from Joseph Kosinski and writer Ehren Kruger and will be produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman.
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The most interesting thing about this deal for Apple seems to be around the theatrical run
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It will have a minimum theatrical run of at least 30 days or as high as 60 days
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Apple and split the take from the theatrical run 50 / 50.
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Apple also announced a new "genre-bending series" called “Sugar” starring Colin Farrell who will also executive produce.
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The series is from creator and executive producer Mark Protosevich (“The Cell,” “I Am Legend,” “Thor”)
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And is set to be directed by Academy Award nominee Fernando Meirelles ("City of God," "Constant Gardner," "Two Popes")
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Deadline is reporting that Apple Original Films and Nike's production label Waffle Iron Entertainment are teaming up to produce sports based Films for Apple TV+
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Feedback, commentary, opinions
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iPod Stories
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So back a couple weeks ago when Apple announced they had discontinued the iPod Touch which basically signaled the end of the iPod era I asked for you to share any iPod stories you had so we could reminisce together
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Never did I imagine that one of those stories would be about my own iPod
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In that episode I discussed the fact that I slightly regretted selling my original 5GB iPod (Firewire) for parts on eBay after it broke.
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Well I also had a second gen iPod that I forgot I had sold to a co-worker Eric
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Well low an behold I got an email after that episode form Eric who is apparently still a listener and he offered to send it back out of his Apple museum
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As nice as that is I declined, I’d hate to break up his museum. But how awesome is that?!
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He also noted that he believed it still works and i don’t doubt it. I have several older iPods, including a 40GB iPod Photo and they all still work great though many could probably use new batteries.
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So if you have a great old iPod story please share it. It really could be anything, just send it in.
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Mic issues with iPhone 8 Plus
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Mia wrote in to say she was having issues with the mics on an iPhone 8 Plus
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Basically when on a phone call the people she is talking with claim they can hardly hear her on the other end
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She tried with a headset and all was fine, so assumed it was a mic issue
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So she tried other apps that would use the mic, like recording a Vice memo and that was fine. Also making calls via other apps like Messenger were fine as well.
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The device is running the latest iOS 15.5, so maybe an issue with older devices and the OS update? But I have need seen or heard of any issues
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She already tried rebooting the phone, removing the sim-card and putting it back in, and resetting the network settings
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The one suggestion I could find online was making sure or resetting the mic on a phone call to be sure it’s using the iPhone mic
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Start a call
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Open Control Center.
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Tap the AirPlay icon, available in the top-right corner of the Now Playing controls.
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Select iPhone instead of Speaker
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My only other thought is maybe noise cancellation (or the mic that controls that) is malfunctioning is some way
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She checked the mic hole and it seems to be free and clear from any dust or debris
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She ultimately went to an certified Apple repair shop and they tested the microphones and said that the bottom ones failed their test.
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Oddly they said they can’t replace the mics and she needed a new phone which is untrue
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The repair is to replace the lightning cable assembly. A gnarly repair to be sure, but not impossible. [iFixit](https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone+8+Plus+Lightning+Connector+Assembly+Replacement/111156) has instructions and the parts and assembly kit with tools is USD $29.99
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She also went back and tested a FaceTime audio call, which should still use the bottom mics, and that call sounded fine.
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According to my research Voice memos should also use the bottom mics
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Were FaceTime video, Siri, and other apps tend to use the front mic
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I would personally contact Apple support and see what they’d want to do a mail in repair.
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Still… I am left pondering the mystery as to why only Phone app calls seem to be impacted. So I as the community. Has anyone else had issues like this. Is there a non-hardware repair solution?
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Apple TV in hotel
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I’m afraid you’re just too damn loud
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Either a clever movie reference or what listener Charles said after plugging in his Apple TV into several Marriott hotel sets on a recent road trip to pick up his kid from college
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What’s cool about this is Charles got to set out the new Apple TV update that allows you to connect your Apple Tv to a “captured” wi-fi network like a hotel
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He says it works well
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Connect to the TV via HDMI
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Go to the Wi-Fi settings in the Apple TV and choose the hotel wi-fi
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It will detect the captured network and prompt you to finish the set-up on your iOS device
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That all worked fine, but the issue Charles had after connecting was that anything he played was played at full volume over the set and neither the Apple Remote nor the TV remote worked to control the volume
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So he did some investigating and discover that the hotel TVs that had this issue, not all on his trip did, had a black box between the electrical outlet, cable IN and HDMI inputs and outputs prior to going into the TV
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And it seems to be that prevented him from controlling the volume of the TV with either the Apple TV remote or the hotel TV remote.
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The key to “fixing” the issue was that the box had a telephone line style cable plugged into a port labeled MTI/MPI TV Control. Unplugging that allowed the Apple TV remote or the hotel TV remote to control the volume.
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Before checkout he just had to reconnect that MTI/MPI and restore the hotels setup back to “normal”
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I’d be curious to know what the MTI/MPI TV Control is and why hotels use it. If you happen to know send us a comment.
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Ads in Apple Music
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The Apple Music service is supposed to be ad free at all tiers, yet [Jim Dalrymple](https://twitter.com/jdalrymple/status/1531652289215307777) noted on Twitter that he has begun hearing 40 second ad spots for Apple Music One radio shows sprinkled in Apple Music playlists
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These are the Apple auto generated / curated playlists. Not in Apple Music One shows or on Radio shows.
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Ads are also not showing up, at least not yet, in personal playlists
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I have not heard one yet, but Jason Snell noted that he’s also heard interviews sprinkled into playlists and I have experienced this.
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Have you experienced any of this?
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I know that Apple has an ad program and we get ads in other paid services like Apple News
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But I see this similar to a magazine or newspaper subscription. You pay, but there are still ads
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Also ads in free apps or the App Store are OK in my opinion
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But this is a music service and specifically advertised on Apple’s own site as “ad-free”. Any ad is an ad. Apple doesn’t get to make exceptions for it’s own content and they try and clime they’re just helping us with recommendations or “discovery”
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This is wrong.
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It does seem like these ads may have started appearing around the time Apple release they new lower cost Apple Music Voice service, but even that tier is supposedly ad-free
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It could be, and hopefully is, a glitch and these ads are only supposed to be inside Apple Music One shows and programs though it feels more intentional, which kind sucks.
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Regardless I would encourage us as a community to send [feedback](https://apple.com/feedback) to Apple and tell them this is not OK and needs to be corrected.
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Thing of the Moment: 2022 Carlinkit Wireless CarPlay Adapter
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A huge thanks to listener Tony for suggesting this one
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I mentioned recently that I finally have a new vehicle that supports CarPlay, but was a little bummed because it’s just “wired” CarPlay and not wireless
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Tony told me about the [2022 Carlinkit Wireless CarPlay Adapter](https://www.amazon.com/Carlinkit-Wireless-CarPlay-Compatible-CPC200-U2W-Plus/dp/B08ZHCS8R3/ref=pd_lpo_3?pd_rd_i=B08ZHCS8R3&th=1)
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It’s a USD $125.00 USB adapter that you connect to the USB in your car and then connect via Bluetooth to your iPhone and it allows you to use wireless carplay.
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This device is just a random Chinese adapter and I’m highly skeptical, but it had a great review from Business Insider and 9to5 Mac both who I trust, and plus Tony (who’s been a listener for years)
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So I figured I’d give it a shot. Guess what, it works great.
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The setup was easy…
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Plug into the Car
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The display will show the bluetooth name of the adaptor
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Connect your iPhone Bluetooth to the adapter and “boom” wireless CarPlay is enabled.
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Now when I get into my car the iPhone connects wirelessly and the CarPlay interface appears
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There is a slight delay while everything connects, but once connected it works great.
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Occasionally I’ve had it not connect, but I would say the majority of the time it’s flawless.
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Closing
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